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I am 28
Had CH for less then a year.  
First attack April 04 ended Aug 04
2nd attack End of Nov 04-present
CH episodic possibly going Chronic
Going on 8 mo.  With minimal pain to kip 6/7 no really bad attacks in awhile (knock on wood)
Sensitivities:  Cheep hairspray, strong airfresheners, Cologne, cigarett smoke, some alcohol thus far...  Send me into an attack
Preventives:  Take multivit. as well as fish oil and CQ10
Abortives:   O2 and Imitrex injection
I am currently in KS but am from MT will probably end up in TX because my husbands parents live there and they are older then my parents.  
Attending RN school starting 18 Jul 05 been an LPN for a year.

KimY

I'm a newbie! I joined this group on May 30th, and you all saved my sanity. My first CH I remember I was a sophomore in high school (1982 I think, so about 23 yrs ago), and it came in the middle of my soccer practice. One hit, I don't know how long it lasted, but I ended up in the ER. The winter before that hit, I had two skiing accidents (I was bent over buckling my boot on the side of a trail, when someone out of control put his knee to my temple, same side I get HAs now, then a couple of months later I hit a tree), and the cycles started after that. Probably just coincidence. I'm pretty sure I've cycled every year but I'm not 100% certain. Always over the christmas holidays, until...... 3 years ago my cycle ended and I didn't cycle again until this April. I skipped 2 years, and the current cycle started about 3 months after my usual ending month. My friends and family thought of me as a grinch cause I hate december (you all understand why, but they don't!).

I was mis-diagnosed with migraines in 1996, right before I got married. My wife to be woke up while I was under attack and found me in the living room with my gun in my hand. She took me to the neuro. Brave soul, decided to marry me anyway! The neuro at the time attributed my "migraines" to stress caused by the upcoming marriage. I no longer own a gun.....

I am a finance director in a major credit card company. The company has been going through some restructurings, and I've been having back problems, which resulted in surgery right before my current cycle. My wife thought that my "migraines" were caused by the stress at work and the back. I almost started to believe it when I stumbled on this site. When my cycle started, I made a neuro appt to get my trex prescription renewed, so before my appt I went on Web-MD to see if there was anything new on migraines (it had been 3 years since my last one!). The term cluster headache came up somewhere in Web-MD and I yahoo'd the term and here I am. My new neuro confirmed the CH, gave me a prednisone taper, wrote me up for O2 and refilled my trex. I also take 9 mg of melatonin every night now.

I was born in Venezuela 37 years ago, I've lived in Italy (my first 5 yrs, dad is Italian), the US (Boston, Denver, Ft Lauderdale) for 19 years, the other 13 I lived in Venezuela. I proudly became a US citizen last year, and I now live in Hollywood, Florida. My wife of 9 years was born in Portugal and is a chef who owns her own catering company. We don't have kids, but are talking about having them.....

I asked E-Double to upload a pic for me cause I don't know how! The picture is me & my wife in Beaver Creek, Colorado this past February.

I'm also a fan of baseball. Currently a Marlins fan, have had season tickets since 1998, got to go to 2 world series games in 2003.

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So that's me. Thank you thank you thank you for all your help, support, advice, encouragement. I've been on the site every day since May 30th. I've learned a ton, and I'm helping when I can.
Jose

the pic is a good 10 years old.
that's former Chicago Bear Walter Payton....

ON THE LEFT!!!